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POV19: People in Families With Related Children Under 18 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (2) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		122,093 27,737 22.7 95,844 15,459 16.1 6,442 2,008 31.2 19,807 10,270 51.8
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		21,583 10,127 46.9 15,576 5,605 36.0 1,153 665 57.7 4,854 3,856 79.4
People in families with a working householder (16) 100,511 17,610 17.5 80,268 9,854 12.3 5,289 1,342 25.4 14,953 6,413 42.9
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		27,259 10,939 40.1 13,395 4,615 34.5 3,584 1,053 29.4 10,280 5,271 51.3
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		73,251 6,671 9.1 66,872 5,239 7.8 1,705 290 17.0 4,674 1,143 24.5
          Householder plus one other worker 54,970 5,330 9.7 50,763 4,189 8.3 1,015 197 19.4 3,192 944 29.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 18,281 1,341 7.3 16,110 1,050 6.5 690 93 13.5 1,482 198 13.4
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		72,201 8,644 12.0 59,498 5,465 9.2 3,653 631 17.3 9,050 2,548 28.2
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 19,794 5,796 29.3 11,102 3,151 28.4 2,610 516 19.8 6,083 2,129 35.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		52,406 2,848 5.4 48,396 2,314 4.8 1,043 115 11.0 2,967 419 14.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		26,657 952 3.6 25,289 814 3.2 374 42 11.3 993 96 9.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		18,130 1,667 9.2 16,060 1,307 8.1 503 53 10.6 1,567 307 19.6
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		7,619 229 3.0 7,047 193 2.7 166 19 11.6 407 16 4.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		63,596 4,342 6.8 63,596 4,342 6.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,239 1,130 34.9 3,239 1,130 34.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 26,619 8,453 31.8 26,619 8,453 31.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		30,549 708 2.3 30,549 708 2.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 7,191 1,087 15.1 7,191 1,087 15.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 45,889 7,646 16.7 45,889 7,646 16.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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